crime but was released after the preliminary Hearing in the
Magistrate's Court.
"Mongoose Gang"
The Defence has tried to establish that conditions under which
the statements were made exerted undue pressure on Wilson. The

lawyers have attempted to show that, as a relative of the accused,
Inspector Augustine offered inducements to Wilson to make the

statements. The Defence also tried to establish that, when

the statements were being made, two policemen, convicted in the

Courts of brutalising arrested persons, were present. They

have put forward also that members of the former "mongoose gang"
wvo.te present.

.he Duffua Commission of Inquiry into the breakdown of law and

order in Grenada (1973/74) found that the "mongoose gang" was

a band of criminals personally recruited and controlled by

Prime Minister Gairy. The murdered man, Innocent Belmar, then

a Police Officer, commanded the gang.

Lloyd John has already been examined by the Defence and is now
under cross-examination. He probably will be in the witness

box until sometime on Friday (7th), after which both Defence and

Prosecution will address the Court. If addresses are concluded
on Friday, it is expected that the Trial Judge will reserve

until Monday (10th) his judgement as to the admissibility of

the statements.

Appearances in this case are Messrs Maurice Bishop, Lloyd Noel

and Ben Jones for Budhlall, and Mesers Kenrick Radix and

Wilberforce Nyack for Wilson. The Prosecution is being

conducted by Mr Nathanial King, a Trinidadian barrister, who
is appearing for the Attorney General, Mr Ernest John.
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uNIQUE HEALTH CLINIC OPENS NEXT MONTE

Grenada is to have a health clinic offering special treatments

not available anywhere else except Switzerland and Germany.

Located about four miles from St.George, in the heart of the

tourist development centre and occupying the former Grenada

Beach Hotel (now a wing of Holiday Inn), the Grenada Health

Clinic will be the only organisation in the Western Hemisphere to

offer the "Niehans Cell Therapy".

In an exclusive interview with NEWSLETTER today (6th), Dr Ivan

Markovics, Head of the Clinic's staff, said Professor Paul Niehans

of Clarena, Switzerland, developed this "cell" therapy 40 years

ago. It has been used successfully for a wide range of

ailments, he said, and these include asthma, disorders of the

liver, rhznratdiai, deafness, low blood pressure, bladder infections

and kidney disorders.

Other illnesses and disorders for which the therapy is recommended

are impotence, frigidity, premature senility, forgetfulness,

menopausal and menstrual disorders, anaemia, heart complaints,

depression, obesity, loss of weight, muscular and joint disorders,

indigestion and lack of concentration.
Sheep
"The basis of the treatment is injection into the muscles of

active cell elements taken from youthful tissue", Dr Markovlcs

said, "and the supplies to be used in Grenada come from a special

herd of sheep in New Zealand". He said these sheep are

carefully preserved from contamination by insecticides and other

pollutants. The animals feed on grass only and great care is

taken to ensure that they are in perfect health.

The cells used in the Niehans Cell Therapy are not drawn from the

adult sheep but from their unborn offspring. Female sheep are

slaughtered before they give birth and, under scrupulously

hygenic conditions, parts of the unborn sheep are reduced to

"cells" for treatment of different diseases.

"We have liver cells, brain cells, kidney cells, skin cells and

cells from almost every part of the body", Dr Markovics said, "and
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when these young cells are injected into the human body, they

have a similar effect to that of recharging a run-down battery."

Treatment at the Grenada Health Clinic lasts one week. The

first day is devoted to orientation and instruction by the medical

staff and, on the second day, there is a doctor's examination.

On the third day, laboratory and electroophysiological teats

are made and there is a personal discussion with the Medical

Director.

The treatment is given on the fourth day. According to a

pamphlet put out by the Clinic, there is an "early morning

intramuscular injection-transplattation of embryonic Professor

Niehans cells". The treatment must be followed by four days

of strict bed-rest under medical supervision and, at the end of
the week, there is a final medical check.
Charges
including return air passage from the United States, accommodation

and meals, the one week treatment costs US$2000. However,

patients are encouraged to stay for another week for "cosmetic

treatment". Developed on the principle of Dr Niehans'

cellular therapy, five special beauty preparations have been

developed. These preparations, says the Clinic's brochure,

"open up exciting possibilities for preserving the skin's

youthful beauty and staving off ravages of pollution, stress

and aging." For the additional week, the charge is US$950.

It was originally reported that this establishment would be a
"Cancer Cure Clinic", but Dr Markovios described that as

"complete misinformation". "We are convinced that the

Niehans cell treatment helps to prevent cancer", he said,

because the cell material used is obtained from animals widely

considered to be cancer resistant, but we do not offer the

therapy as a cancer cure."

In addition to Dr Markovics, who is Hungarian, one other

doctor, an American, Dr Donald Rooke, is on the full-time

3taff. A news release from the Clinic says Dr Rooke is an

I pett rienced specialist from California who received his medical

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degree from Glasgow University. The release asys also that

Dr Albert Szent-Gyorgyi of Boston, U S A, Nobel prize winner for

MLdical Rusearch, is the Clinic's Scientific Advisor.

The Clinic will handle 80 to 100 patients at a time, Dr Mprkovics

said, and some 25 to 30 nurses will be employed. He expected

that three more doctors will be in.the full time staff and these

will be drawn one each from Germany, Rumania and the United States.

Also associated with the Clinic is Mr Peter Capella, Grenada's

official tourism representative in Germany. Dr Markovics

told NEWSLETTER that Mr Capella is the Director of the Clinic and

he will be in Grenada for the formal opening next month.
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HUBBARD' S SHARE OFFER UNDERSUBSCRIBED /

Sales of the share issue offered by Jonas Browne & Hubbard.Ltd

have fallen short of the target of EC#2 million. Mr Leonard

Hughes, Acting Managing Director of the Company, told NEWSULETER

yesterday (6th) that just over 50Q of the shares have been sold.

In a prospectus published in May, Hubbards offered 200,000 shares

at EC$10 each. The Company has an authorised share capital of
EC$6 million of which EC$2,941,280 had already been paid up. If

the offer had been fully subscribed, the paid up capital would
have increased to nearly EC$5 million.

"The sales which have been made amount to EC51,070,000",

Mr Hughes told NEWSLETTER, "and this is 53.5% of what we offered".

The Acting Managing Director declined to disclose names of

purchasers or to say what percentage of the shares had been

purchased in Grenada. He did say, however, that the large

majority of the shares had been bought by people in Grenada and
the remainder went to purchasers in other parts of the Caribbean.

Jonas Browne & Hubbard Ltd, one of the oldest firms in
the island, was bought out by Grenadians in 1972 from the

Company's British owners. With a diversified revenue ranging

from shipping agencies through supermarkets to insurance
brokerage, the Company had sales of over EGC14 million last
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EC0100. The minimum for all other elassifioations is F"~POO

per month.

The profit sharing clause which existed in the last Agreenent
between CIWU and Hubbards has been retained. 'In this, after

making allowance for 7j% on the Company's issued share capital,

25% of the net profit (before provision for income tax) shall be

reserved for the staff, This deduction will be divided on a

pro rata basis relative to total emoluments drawn.

Another feature of the old Agreement which has been retained is

the pension and Security Scheme. In this oase, however,

there has been an amendment. Under the old Agreement, the

Company and employees each contributed 5 of the employee's

salary to the Scheme. Under the new Agreement, the rate of
contribution has been increased to 71*.

The new Agreement is taken as coming into force on 14th

February t978 and its 33 clauses will remain in effect until

13th February 1981. However, a proviso gives the Union the

right to negotiate for salaries and profit sharing for the third

year of the Agreemaent.
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GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT TUO v

The Government owned newspaper, "The West Indian", reports in

its issue of June 15th that, at a meeting of Prime Minister

Gairy with the recently formed Grenada Trades Union Congress,

Mr Gairy pledged Government's support for the organisation.

On April 25th, Mr Gairy's union, the Grenada Manual Maritime &

Intellectual Workers Union (GMMIWU) resigned from the Grenada
Trade Union Council, and May Day celebrations this year saw the

emergence of the Grenada Trades Union Congress. In addition

to GMMIWU, the Congress is comprised of three taxi unions.

These are the Hotel Taxi Association, the Airport Taxi

Association and the National Taxi Association.

The Trade Union Council, which is recognized by the Caribbean

Congress of Labour, is comprised of the Civil Service Association,
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